Bird Wood Carving Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for protection of their lives and territory, objects for ceremony Read more…
Bird Wood Carving Wood carving has always been part of Aboriginal culture and Djilpin artists continue this tradition. Men carved wood for many purposes – tools for hunting or gathering food, axes and knives for building shelters, spears and clubs for protection of their lives and territory, objects for ceremony Read more…
Maisie Petyarre Bundey – Emu Dreaming Emu dreaming is the breast body painting of the story of the mother emu who runs away and leaves the father emu to look after the eggs until they hatch and then raises the chicks. This story was passed down through Maisie’s familiy and Read more…
Maisie Petyarre Bundey – Bush Tucker Maisie paints the bush tucker found in her country, the area that surrounds Boundary Bore in the Utopia homelands. She paints bush plums, bush bananas, bush potatoes and bush medicine plants. The main motif which recurs often in Maisie artworks is a full coolamon. When Read more…
Ada Pula Beasley – My Country The community of Ampilatwatja made a conscious decision not to paint ‘altyerr’ dreaming stories. The artists paint their country where those stories sit. I paint so my kids will learn about their country. I like painting because it reminds me of my country and Read more…
Moonlight over Grandmother’s Country Moonlight over Grandmother’s Country, Harding Dam, Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Country. The glow around the moon represents the Burndud ring. The Burndud ring only shows up when it’s Lore and Culture time for Yindjibarndi people. This usually happens around hot time for us. The ladies dance the Yindjibarndi Read more…
Wandjina & Gyorn Gyorn (cloud and rain spirits & Bradshaws) The Wandjina spirits are highly respected by the people of Mowanjum. They brought the law, culture and language. The people of Mowanjum believe that the first Wandjina was called Idjair, who lives in the Milky Way and is the father Read more…
